“ PRINCESS of CHECHNYA” discredits top 10 myths about MUSLIMS in second season of GROZNY TV show

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 29, 2009 -- Dubbed by locals as "The Princess of Chechnya", Chrystal Callahan has added an additional segment to her weekly television program dedicated to understanding Islam. Callahan is a non-Muslim who wants to break negative stereotypes and combat "islamophobia".

"By addressing the biggest misconceptions about Muslims, my hope is that it will remove at least one layer of the prejudices many Westerners have" , explains Callahan.

Topics scheduled for the 10 week series will be:

Myth 1: Muslims are predominantly Arab.

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“ PRINCESS of CHECHNYA” discredits top 10 myths about MUSLIMS in second season of GROZNY TV show

Myth 2: Islam oppresses women.
Myth 3: Muslims are violent and extreme, terrorists.
Myth 4: Islam does not tolerate other faiths.
Myth 5: Islam was spread by the sword
Myth 6: Jihad means Holy War and Islam promotes it to kill unbelievers.
Myth 7: The Qur’an is a manual for war.
Myth 8: Muslims worship Muhammad.
Myth 9: Jews are hated by Islam.
Myth 10: Muslims don’t believe in Jesus.

Grozny has had a string of high profile suicide bombings over the past 2 months targeting police officers. Islamic extremists have been blamed for these attacks.

The Kremlin officially ended its anti-terrorism operation in Chechnya in April 2009.

Callahan’s program , “Highlights of the Week” which airs each week on international satellite TV and in the Chechen Republic, will begin debunking myths about Muslims on this Sunday’s season 2 premiere .
Episodes can be viewed from October 5th, 2009 at http://chechnyatoday.com/en/

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